Your Beliefs
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Politics
How would you describe your political beliefs?  I believe in the candidate and not the party by which they are affiliated. A wise person once told me to look to a person's past performance as an indication of how they will perform today. Good advice, I think.
Are you registered with a certain party? No, but you would think it by all the phone calls I receive during election time.

Religion
How religious would you consider yourself? (casual, observant, devout, non religious) Very casual. I was brought up Protestant. Our church, the United Methodist Church of West Chelmsford, Massachusetts, is a very active and social church. I will admit that I enjoyed the social aspects of our church (picnics, rummage sale, holiday fair) more than the actual religious ones (sermons, Sunday school).  I do have a great admiration for the many people who volunteer their time and give to their church.

Local Hot-Button Issues
What do you think are the most important issues facing the community?  The school and town budgets, taxes, and environmental issues such as septic.
Where do you stand on each of these issues?  I live next door to Clinton in the town of Killingworth thus am unaffected by the Clinton budget. I do feel that Clinton residents, on the most part, really care about their community and recognize the need to solve septic issues, and want to work together to support a fair town and school budget.